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Living in USA Moutain Time Zone, "move to an urban area" seems a very weird approach to address 5G range limits. Broadband wireless tech has generally helped t
by watersb 8y ago
Living in USA Moutain Time Zone, "move to an urban area" seems a very weird approach to address 5G range limits.
Broadband wireless tech has generally helped to address last-mile connection with less infrastructure. But it is very often all or nothing; radio waves don't punch through rocky mountains. Covergage maps are theoretical at best, and won't feel very relevant when you have to go into your kid's bedroom and hold your phone out the window in order to place a call.
Verizon is effectively a monopoly where we live, as its longer-wavelength coverage seems more forgiving of the canyon topography here. They continue to invest in infrastructure upgrades, but I don't know what aspects of 5G will be relevant in actual use in the near term.